Great coin/relic day with olddude HUGE silver!

[cjon455]

Got out with olddude today in a marathon of permission seeking, first spot was ok, dave got some wheats and I managed 1 wheat and this HUGE silver brush thing, I thought it was junk until I saw sterling on the back, i threw it at dave and said before you disregard it as junk look at the back!! Quite the strange find indeed

Nice how it cleaned up!! Plus this strange tag item, not sure what it is, perhaps military?

Next spot should've been better, nice old farm house, very minimal finds, it appeared to have alot of earth moved around, I managed a 1930 buff, the smaller bell and that huge skeleton key

The last spot of the day was the best by far, dave pulled some nice bells from there, I got one as well.
I started in the side yard and got some clad and a few wheats, moved along to the front and the goods practically started jumping out of the ground,

almost right away I got the 46 washington, then the harmonica reeds, then a few more wheats and got a merc, few more wheats and one indian later I got another merc, stepped 2 feet forward and got the 3rd merc!!! MY BEST SILVER DAY YET!! Managed 5 silvers today!so I moved toward the backyard and got bell #2 which is the bigger one in the pic, between dave and I we got 6 bells that all ring!
Almost forgot the tootsie car vw bug, love them tootsies, plus the roundball that has the x carved into it, I think it was for deer hunting so it made more of an impact

the take was the 46 Washington, 1936, 38, and 43 mercs, and that silver brush, 17 wheats, 1882 indian, 1930 buff, the bells, the key, and the other odds and ends you see in the pictures

today was all around great, the weather, the finds, and good old fashioned comradary with a pal, great hunt dave!, thanks for looking and hh!!

 

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[cjon455]

You probably DID see my finds....they just didn't make an impression, lol!

4 intact bells ain't nothing to sneeze at, it's tough to find one, let alone 4!

 

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[Old Dude]

4 intact bells ain't nothing to sneeze at, it's tough to find one, let alone 4!

So you're saying you'll trade your silver for them?[emoji33]

 

[cjon455]

So you're saying you'll trade your silver for them?[emoji33]

Well let's not get carried away lol

 

[WHADIFIND]

Side question, (and probably with a pretty obvious answer).
When you guys get a permission, how long do you hunt it before moving on? (assuming that
every other hole isn't silver).

If you do start turning silver left & right, what's the plan when the farmer says, "I said you could hunt,
not plow my front lawn!!"

 

[Old Dude]

Either until we feel we have covered the lawn pretty well, or until we become uncomfortable with being watched through the windows, lol!
In the last couple trips, we have had one homeowner on each trip actually leave but say we could stay and detect while they were gone. Seemed odd to me that they would do this and leave 2 strangers on their property, but Chris says it is my boyish charms that beguiled the 2 ladies, lol!

 

[hbeaton]

Little by little, putting the pieces together on this guy. Looking at it today, I find that William Henry Amos was in Scranton, PA in early 1917 (working, living, etc.) when he and others were called in March 1917 for a physical by the local draft board. By June 1917 we have the draft registration card I had researched earlier. It appears Pvt. William and some others were sent for some engineering training at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) in Pittsburgh before leaving for war. It appears William survived the war and was honorably discharged in December 1918.

Looks like from local Scranton newspapers in the 1920s that William stuck around his hometown and was in automobile accident in 1924 that fractured his ankle but he received a nice little insurance payout from the accident.

From there not much else on him outside of William makes his way to sunny Santa Barbara,CA where he dies in Jun 1962 and his buried in Santa Barbara. A friend of his Ralph L. Steelman (also born in Pennsylvania and was living in Santa Barbara when William died) appears to have filled out the gravestone forms for military veteran burial for his friend William. The names, birth state of PA and birth date and year match up exactly for this William Henry Amos. It does not appear he ever married.

Some other fun facts, William, when he was drafted was living at 311 Larch Street, Scranton, PA. A google maps search shows the house is still there and it appears to have had some renovations.

Pretty cool I think.

 

[cjon455]

Little by little, putting the pieces together on this guy. Looking at it today, I find that William Henry Amos was in Scranton, PA in early 1917 (working, living, etc.) when he and others were called in March 1917 for a physical by the local draft board. By June 1917 we have the draft registration card I had researched earlier. It appears Pvt. William and some others were sent for some engineering training at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) in Pittsburgh before leaving for war. It appears William survived the war and was honorably discharged in December 1918.

Looks like from local Scranton newspapers in the 1920s that William stuck around his hometown and was in automobile accident in 1924 that fractured his ankle but he received a nice little insurance payout from the accident.

From there not much else on him outside of William makes his way to sunny Santa Barbara,CA where he dies in Jun 1962 and his buried in Santa Barbara. A friend of his Ralph L. Steelman (also born in Pennsylvania and was living in Santa Barbara when William died) appears to have filled out the gravestone forms for military veteran burial for his friend William. The names, birth state of PA and birth date and year match up exactly for this William Henry Amos. It does not appear he ever married.

Some other fun facts, William, when he was drafted was living at 311 Larch Street, Scranton, PA. A google maps search shows the house is still there and it appears to have had some renovations.

Pretty cool I think.

Wow, that's so cool, you probly saved me countless hours of research trying to track family down

THANKS AGAIN!!

 

[cjon455]

Little by little, putting the pieces together on this guy. Looking at it today, I find that William Henry Amos was in Scranton, PA in early 1917 (working, living, etc.) when he and others were called in March 1917 for a physical by the local draft board. By June 1917 we have the draft registration card I had researched earlier. It appears Pvt. William and some others were sent for some engineering training at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) in Pittsburgh before leaving for war. It appears William survived the war and was honorably discharged in December 1918.

Looks like from local Scranton newspapers in the 1920s that William stuck around his hometown and was in automobile accident in 1924 that fractured his ankle but he received a nice little insurance payout from the accident.

From there not much else on him outside of William makes his way to sunny Santa Barbara,CA where he dies in Jun 1962 and his buried in Santa Barbara. A friend of his Ralph L. Steelman (also born in Pennsylvania and was living in Santa Barbara when William died) appears to have filled out the gravestone forms for military veteran burial for his friend William. The names, birth state of PA and birth date and year match up exactly for this William Henry Amos. It does not appear he ever married.

Some other fun facts, William, when he was drafted was living at 311 Larch Street, Scranton, PA. A google maps search shows the house is still there and it appears to have had some renovations.

Pretty cool I think.

might not be our guy, I see ames after more cleaning, not amos

DARNIT!!!

 

[Finman]

Awesome finds!! Congrats!!

 

[beez0404]

You probably DID see my finds....they just didn't make an impression, lol!

I was trying to be polite and not make Cjons head swell too much! LOL

 

[Old Dude]

Too late!

 

[cjon455]

Too late!
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[Old Dude]

You can even see the utility room spackling you have to do now and your extra coil hanging on the wall, lol!

 

[cjon455]

You can even see the utility room spackling you have to do now and your extra coil hanging on the wall, lol!

I got more hair than that

 

[cjon455]

LOL I HAD TO!!!

 

[Old Dude]

Lol!

 

[beez0404]

You two crack me up!!!! So much in love!

 

[cjon455]

You two crack me up!!!! So much in love!

Lol!!!

 

[cjon455]

You two crack me up!!!! So much in love!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very cool finds buddy!
Love the World War I Dog Tag, the crotal bell and the skeleton key!

Dave